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Building a Quality Nation: How BIS Is Shaping Safe Products and Smarter Consumers

1 August 2026

Indian Masterminds Bureau

From AI and electric vehicles to food safety and gold hallmarking, BIS is building a future-ready quality ecosystem that aims to make Indian Standards...

Book Reviews

A Novel That Questions Identity, Technology and the Meaning of Being Human

1 August 2026

Yauvanika Chopra

Amrita Mahale’s Real Life masterfully weaves together parallel universes, wildlife, AI and human relationships...

Features

Ethanol Blending’s Hidden Bill: Who Is Really Paying for India’s Fuel Success?

1 August 2026

Vijay Shankar Pandey

India's ethanol blending programme promises lower oil imports and higher farmer incomes, but who is paying...

Change Makers

How Regular Phone Calls and Home Visits Reduced Maternal Deaths in Shahdol by 50%

1 August 2026

Muskan Khandelwal

A two-month study led IAS Shivam Prajapati to redesign maternal healthcare in Shahdol. The result: 50%...

Change Makers

IAS Vaishali Jain Is Transforming Ratlam’s Government Schools with Benches, Digital Classrooms and Rural Libraries

1 August 2026

Bhakti Kothari

IAS Vaishali Jain is leading a three-phase education transformation in Ratlam, combining better school...

Must Read

ACC Approves Second One-Year Extension for Railway Board Chairman & CEO Satish Kumar Till August 2027 | Know Him

Who Is IRSME Officer Satish Kumar? First Dalit Railway Board Chairman & CEO Gets Second One-Year Extension from ACC

28 July 2026

Govt Constitutes Nandan Nilekani-Led Panel for NTA Reforms; S

Meet the Members of the NTA Reform Panel Constituted by PM Modi Under Nandan Nilekani - From Infosys Co-Founder to Former ISRO Chairman, IPS Officer & IAS Veterans

27 July 2026

Who is IAS D Thara? Modi Govt Splits MoHUA, Creates Department of Capital Development, Appoints Her First Secretary

24 July 2026

Videos

G.S. Rao: The IPS Officer Who Helped Shape Future Cops And Now Leads Tripura Police

31 July 2026

Bhakti Kothari

IPS Sumit Ramteke on the Cases That Changed His Career and Shook Organized Crime | Video Interview

28 July 2026

Bhakti Kothari

How NAFED is Strengthening Farmers, Markets and Food Security

25 July 2026

Indian Masterminds Bureau

Bureaucracy News

Meet Tamil Nadu’s Youngest Collector, IAS L. Madhubalan: The 2018-Batch Officer Leading Namakkal District

1 August 2026

Who Is K Rajaraman? Former Telecom Secretary Gets Extension as IFSCA Chairperson Till 2028

1 August 2026

Who Is Retired IAS Ram Subhag Singh? Former Himachal Chief Secretary Gets 2-Year Extension as CM Sukhu's Principal Adviser

1 August 2026

ACC Approves IAS Hephsiba Rani’s Inter-Cadre Deputation to Andhra Pradesh; IIS Rina Sonowal Kouli Repatriated to Lead Doordarshan

1 August 2026

Senior IAS TV Somanathan's Future in Focus: Will the Centre Continue the Tradition of Extending Cabinet Secretaries?

1 August 2026

111 IFS Officer Trainees Graduate at IGNFA Convocation; Bhupender Yadav Calls Them Leaders of Viksit Bharat 2047

1 August 2026

PSU News

WCL Signs MoU with Zilla Parishad Gadchiroli to Launch Project Poshit for Maternal Nutrition

1 August 2026

Bank of Baroda Appoints Ritesh Kumar as New Group Chief Compliance Officer Effective August 1

1 August 2026

ITI Limited Appoints Ajai Kumar Srivastava as Director (Production) Till March 2029

1 August 2026

Western Coalfields to Provide ₹2 Crore CSR Aid for Sevanand School Development in Koradi

1 August 2026

SJVN Promotes Six Senior Executives to Executive Director Posts Across Key Functions

1 August 2026

BEL Secures Orders Worth Rs 847 Crore for Electro-Optics, Seekers and Security Solutions

1 August 2026

RECPDCL Hands Over ₹3,200 Crore Ryapte Power Transmission Project SPV to Tata Power

1 August 2026

NALCO Q1 FY27 Results: Revenue Jumps 39% to ₹5,302 Crore, PAT Rises to ₹2,002 Crore

1 August 2026

Defence News

India Germany Project 75I Submarine Deal

German Technology, Make In India: Project 75I Submarine Deal Enters Final Stage

1 August 2026

Project Kusha: DRDO Reveals How India Will Reduce Dependence on Imported Air Defence Systems

1 August 2026

HAL Targets Higher Indigenous Content While Scaling AL-31FP Engine Production to Meet Future Su-30MKI Requirements

1 August 2026

HAL Strengthens Make in India with ₹2,205 Crore Uttam AESA Radar Order for Tejas Mk1A

1 August 2026

Judiciary News

Chhattisgarh 1.45 Lakh Pending Criminal Cases

Chhattisgarh High Court Gives 3-Month Deadline to Complete Bilaspur Airport Utility Building, Chief Secretary Asked to Monitor Work

1 August 2026

Delhi GK-II Tree Felling Row: Delhi HC Begins Contempt Action Against Former Forest Department Chief

1 August 2026

Big Relief for Women Prisoners: Gujarat High Court Seeks Equal Access to Open Prisons

1 August 2026

Justice Ujjal Bhuyan Urges More Openness in Supreme Court Judge Appointments

1 August 2026

CSR News

WCL Signs MoU with Zilla Parishad Gadchiroli to Launch Project Poshit for Maternal Nutrition

1 August 2026

Western Coalfields to Provide ₹2 Crore CSR Aid for Sevanand School Development in Koradi

1 August 2026

WCL Signs MoU with Nagpur Municipal Corporation to Support Lake Restoration and Conservation

31 July 2026

WCL Signs MoU with Atmadeepam Society to Launch Project Pragati for Digital Literacy and Livelihood Empowerment

29 July 2026

Opinion

Features

Ethanol Blending’s Hidden Bill: Who Is Really Paying for India’s Fuel Success?

Vijay Shankar Pandey

Features

Floods Every Year… Why Assam Still Has No Permanent Solution

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Beyond Bureaucracy

How AI, Blockchain and Quantum-Ready Tech Are Transforming India's PDS

28 July 2026

Sharad Gupta

For seven decades, India’s Public Distribution System (PDS) was synonymous with leakage, ghost...

Politics Without Politicians? How Retired IRS Officer Sanjay Gahlot Wants to Reimagine Democracy

24 July 2026

Pallavi Priya

Drawing from decades in the Army and the Indian Revenue Service, retired IRS officer Sanjay Gahlot explains...

Rising Devotee Footfall Calls for Smarter Temple Management

4 July 2026

Yash Chaturvedi

From the chaos of stampedes to AI-powered surveillance and predictive planning, India's temples are gradually...

UPSC Stories

The UPSC Strategy That Changed Everything for AIR 602 Deepak Baghel

26 July 2026

Bhakti Kothari

UPSC CSE 2025 AIR 602 Deepak Baghel shares how self-study, simplifying preparation, learning from setbacks,...

How an IIT-BHU Graduate and Former NVIDIA Engineer Abhay Raghav Turned a 3-Mark Setback into Success

26 July 2026

Muskan Khandelwal

Read how Abhay Raghav, an IIT-BHU graduate and former NVIDIA engineer, secured AIR 19 in UPSC IFS 2025...

CSE 2025 AIR 562 Nitesh Chose India Over an American Dream and Reached Civil Services After Six Attempts

21 July 2026

Bhakti Kothari

UPSC CSE 2025 AIR 562 Nitesh's inspiring journey from a small village in Madhya Pradesh to IIT Bombay,...

Social Media

Odisha IPS Officer Calls for Accountability, Says Indians’ Conduct Abroad Could Affect Visa Policies

1 June 2026

‘Visa Rules Getting Tougher’: IPS Officer Arun Bothra Warns Against Indians’ ‘Uncouth’ Behaviour Abr...

IIT Roorkee Alumnus and IFS Officer Himanshu Tyagi Explains Why Tigers Sleep 16–20 Hours a Day

9 May 2026

“Tigers Understand Calorie Math Better Than Humans,” Says 2020-Batch IFoS Officer Himanshu Tyagi

“We Will Pay a Heavy Price”: IFS Officer Warns as Bengaluru Faces Unusual Heat

28 April 2026

Bengaluru Heatwave Sparks Concern as IFS Officer Flags Deforestation and Urbanisation Impact

Book Reviews

A Novel That Questions Identity, Technology and the Meaning of Being Human

1 August 2026

Yauvanika Chopra

Amrita Mahale’s Real Life masterfully weaves together parallel universes, wildlife, AI and human relationships...

‘My Last Autobiography’: A Moving Meditation on Ageing, Memory and the Will to Live

25 July 2026

Dr. Sanjeev Chopra

Forty-three years after its original publication, Rajendra Banahatti's Akherche Atmacharitra finds renewed...

IAS Divya Mittal's New Book 'The Crafted Genius' Offers a Complete Blueprint to Crack UPSC Civil Services Exam

How IAS Divya Mittal's New Book 'The Crafted Genius' Offers a Complete Blueprint to Crack the UPSC Civil Services Exam

19 July 2026

Ayodhya Prasad Singh

From building the right foundation in school to mastering the interview, IAS officer Divya Mittal's first...